live well

abugarcia6 · 03-04-06, 01:16 PM

im fixin up my 18 foot john boat and im gonna make it a bassboat basically..i want to put a livewell in it but i dont wanna spend much money. Im also gonna put a platform in the front and the back. and mayb some seats on those platforms. Its gonna take a few years to do it bcuz i want to spend money over a period of time and not all at once so i can still have money for other things like more lures lol but would anybody have any plans to fix up the john boat? i also am gonna make me something for at my house so i can keep my minnows alive and i dont have to catch them everytime i wanna go fishin. Any ideas on that?

lizardsrule · 03-04-06, 10:54 PM

You can buy a cooler, and a aerator(Walmart,BPS, Etc..) that clips on to a 12 volt battery, for about $50 total. It won't be self filling though. You can also buy a livewell designed for jon boats at BPS, which looks preety sweet. I believe it's around $200, but comes assembled, with a divider. And it can even be used as a seat I believe. I beleive one of our old members made a livewell himslf, with a cooler, and some hoses, to fill itself, and aerate.

Lizards

bass kicker · 03-04-06, 11:21 PM

cut a hole in the bench and fit a small cooler in it and use a bps live well kit and what size out board do you have on the boat

abugarcia6 · 03-05-06, 10:26 AM

its just a johnboat with nothing on it...plain basically..except for a trolling motor i have. Im not old enough to buy all these fancy things for it im only 15 and i dont have a job right now because highschool baseball takes up about ALL your time. But i was thinking on cheaper than 50 dollars but i mite be able to get the wires and tubes and aerator from my grandpa because he fishes at the beach alot and mayb he has an extra one

lizardsrule · 03-05-06, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by abugarcia6

its just a johnboat with nothing on it...plain basically..except for a trolling motor i have. Im not old enough to buy all these fancy things for it im only 15 and i dont have a job right now because highschool baseball takes up about ALL your time. But i was thinking on cheaper than 50 dollars but i mite be able to get the wires and tubes and aerator from my grandpa because he fishes at the beach alot and mayb he has an extra one

Use a old cooler, doesn't have to be new, or even a 5 gallon bucket. The aerator I believe is about $25, so I was figuring $25 for a cooler. They have bubble boxes, that are cheaper, if it's just for minnows.

Lizards

bass kicker · 03-05-06, 11:35 PM

so you dont have an out board motor on it

InEccess · 03-06-06, 12:46 AM

Here's a good pictorial site for converting a Jon Boat to a Bass Boat. However, the didn't include any text, or any Live well from the looks of it.

www.tritonmike.com/boat.html

abugarcia6 · 03-06-06, 07:54 PM

bass kicker- haha im only 15 and im playin highschool baseball which means NO TIME FOR JOB lol i aint got the money but some day ill get one lol im thinkn on fixn up my boat with all that and then someday buy the outboard
Ineccess- thanks for the site if anybody has any more sites about makin a john boat better please send them to me ...thanks

03-04-06, 01:16 PM	#1
abugarcia6 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Lake Norman, NC Posts: 171	live well im fixin up my 18 foot john boat and im gonna make it a bassboat basically..i want to put a livewell in it but i dont wanna spend much money. Im also gonna put a platform in the front and the back. and mayb some seats on those platforms. Its gonna take a few years to do it bcuz i want to spend money over a period of time and not all at once so i can still have money for other things like more lures lol but would anybody have any plans to fix up the john boat? i also am gonna make me something for at my house so i can keep my minnows alive and i dont have to catch them everytime i wanna go fishin. Any ideas on that? __________________ Wes

03-04-06, 10:54 PM	#2
lizardsrule BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Saint Augustine, FL Posts: 7,374	You can buy a cooler, and a aerator(Walmart,BPS, Etc..) that clips on to a 12 volt battery, for about $50 total. It won't be self filling though. You can also buy a livewell designed for jon boats at BPS, which looks preety sweet. I believe it's around $200, but comes assembled, with a divider. And it can even be used as a seat I believe. I beleive one of our old members made a livewell himslf, with a cooler, and some hoses, to fill itself, and aerate. Lizards __________________ There are three types of Snakes I hate 1. Live Snakes 2. Dead Snakes 3. Sticks that look like Snakes. And Gators too! Last edited by lizardsrule; 03-04-06 at 11:43 PM.

03-04-06, 11:21 PM	#3
bass kicker BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Beamsville,ONTARIO,CANADA Posts: 2,023	cut a hole in the bench and fit a small cooler in it and use a bps live well kit and what size out board do you have on the boat __________________ Rob Downs St. Catharines BASSMASTERS

03-05-06, 10:26 AM	#4
abugarcia6 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Lake Norman, NC Posts: 171	its just a johnboat with nothing on it...plain basically..except for a trolling motor i have. Im not old enough to buy all these fancy things for it im only 15 and i dont have a job right now because highschool baseball takes up about ALL your time. But i was thinking on cheaper than 50 dollars but i mite be able to get the wires and tubes and aerator from my grandpa because he fishes at the beach alot and mayb he has an extra one __________________ Wes

03-05-06, 11:35 PM	#6
bass kicker BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Beamsville,ONTARIO,CANADA Posts: 2,023	so you dont have an out board motor on it __________________ Rob Downs St. Catharines BASSMASTERS

03-06-06, 12:46 AM	#7
InEccess BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: East of Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 227	Here's a good pictorial site for converting a Jon Boat to a Bass Boat. However, the didn't include any text, or any Live well from the looks of it. www.tritonmike.com/boat.html __________________ Bass Club '07 season Rookie of the Year runner up. '08 seasons Runner Up. Second overall.

03-06-06, 07:54 PM	#8
abugarcia6 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Lake Norman, NC Posts: 171	bass kicker- haha im only 15 and im playin highschool baseball which means NO TIME FOR JOB lol i aint got the money but some day ill get one lol im thinkn on fixn up my boat with all that and then someday buy the outboard Ineccess- thanks for the site if anybody has any more sites about makin a john boat better please send them to me ...thanks __________________ Wes Last edited by abugarcia6; 03-06-06 at 08:00 PM.

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